Greenwire reported today that the White House blocked testimony by Dr. Rod Schoonover of the State Department to the House Intelligence Committee on "The National Security Implications of Climate Change."

n January, FERC rejected Secretary Perry's proposal to compensate generators who maintain a 90-day supply of fuel on-site – a proposal widely seen as an attempt to prop up struggling coal and nuclear generators.

On July 12, 2017, the State Department promulgated new vetting standards for visa applicants, as required by President Trump's March 6, 2017 Executive Order entitled " Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry Into The United States" ("EO-2").

After the terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo in January 2015, the French Trademark Office received so many applications for "JE SUIS CHARLIE" that the Office issued a statement in which it warned that it would not register any of these marks.

The announcement by Twitter last month that it is deploying the ability to block tweets on a country-by-country basis in response to government demand for content restrictions has generated an enormous amount of controversy.

On June 3, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida declined to dismiss certain claims brought by Colombian plaintiffs against Chiquita Brands International ("Chiquita") alleging that the company knew, or should have known, that its material support for the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia ("AUC"), a paramilitary organization, would lead to the death or torture of their family members.